Lost Highway Page #20

Synopsis: From this inventory of imagery, Lynch fashions two separate but intersecting stories, one about a jazz musician (Bill Pullman), tortured by the notion that his wife is having an affair, who suddenly finds himself accused of her murder. The other is a young mechanic (Balthazar Getty) drawn into a web of deceit by a temptress who is cheating on her gangster boyfriend. These two tales are linked by the fact that the women in both are played by the same actress (Patricia Arquette).
Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Production: Universal Pictures
  1 win & 2 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.6
Metacritic:
52
Rotten Tomatoes:
60%
R
Year:
1997
134 min
661 Views


MR. EDDY

DO YOU KNOW HOW MANY F***IN' CAR

LENGTHS IT TAKES TO STOP A CAR AT 35

M.P.H.?

DRIVER:

No.

MR. EDDY

SIX F***IN' CAR LENGTHS... THAT'S

ABOUT A HUNDRED AND SIX F***IN' FEET,

MISTER! YOU WERE FOLLOWING TEN FEET

BEHIND ME... IF I'D HAD TO STOP

SUDDENLY, YOU WOULD HAVE HIT ME. I

WANT YOU TO GET A DRIVER'S MANUAL,

AND I WANT YOU TO STUDY THAT

MOTHERF***ER... AND I WANT YOU TO

OBEY THE GOD DAMN RULES. FIFTY F***IN'

THOUSAND PEOPLE WERE KILLED ON THE

ROAD LAST YEAR.

(hitting the driver

once again hard)

CAUSE OF F***IN' A**HOLES LIKE YOU.

TELL ME YOU'RE GONNA GET A MANUAL.

DRIVER:

I'll get a manual.

(almost a whisper)

and study it.

MR. EDDY

(kicking the man)

F***IN' "A".

Mr. Eddy and his assistants return to the Pullman - get in

and slam their doors.

Mr. Eddy throws the Pullman into reverse and pulls back off

the hill onto Mulholland Drive. He eases the car into "drive"

and leaves the crying and beaten tailgater behind.

CUT TO:

INT. MR. EDDY'S 600 PULLMAN - DAY

Mr. Eddy rotates his neck - shaking out some adrenaline

remnants. Pete is visibly shaken by what he has seen.

MR. EDDY

Sorry about that, Pete, but tailgating

is one thing I can't tolerate.

PETE:

I can see that.

MR. EDDY

I'll bet you know how many car lengths

it takes to stop at... say 45 m.p.h.

PETE:

Eight, nine car lengths. A hundred

and sixty-two feet.

MR. EDDY

At sixty?

PETE:

Fifteen car lengths. About two hundred

and seventy feet.

MR. EDDY

(to his companions in

the reariew)

What'd I tell ya.

Mr. Eddy smiles and they continue along their way.

CUT TO:

EXT./INT. ARNIE'S GARAGE - DAY

The Pullman pulls off the street into Arnie's. Mr. Eddy and

his assistants stay in the car. Pete opens his door.

MR. EDDY

Wait a minute...

Mr. Eddy takes out a couple of one hundred dollar bills and

puts them into Pete's hand.

PETE:

Thanks, Mr. Eddy.

MR. EDDY

No... Thank you!... I'll be bringin'

the "Caddy" by tomorrow.

Mr. Eddy reaches into the glove compartment and takes out a

videotape. He holds it out to Pete.

MR. EDDY

You like pornos?

PETE:

Pornos?

MR. EDDY

Yeah. Give ya a boner.

PETE:

No thanks, Mr. Eddy.

Mr. Eddy tosses the tape back in the glove compartment.

MR. EDDY

Suit yourself, champ.

PETE:

Okay... Well, I'll see ya then.

MR. EDDY

You will.

CUT TO:

EXT. ARNIE'S GARAGE - DAY

Ed and Al are staring at the Pullman. They see Pete get out.

They notice the man driving the Pullman.

ED:

You recognize that guy?

AL:

Yeah... Laurent.

FADE OUT:

FADE IN:

EXT. DAYTON HOUSE - MORNING

Pete walks out his front door with a lunch box and jumps in

the Camaro.

He fires up the big engine and heads off for work.

Ed and Al follow.

DISSOLVE TO:

INT. ARNIE'S GARAGE - DAY

Pete is on a skate - working under a car. The radio is on

and a tune comes on that begins to drive Pete crazy - it

gives him a headache. The tune is one of Fred Madison's be-

bop saxophone pieces. Pete gets out from under the car and

goes to the radio. He changes the station. PHIL, another

mechanic working nearby, looks at Pete.

PHIL:

Why'd you change it? I liked that.

PETE:

Well, I didn't.

Pete rubs his throbbing head and when he gets back under the

car, he lays on the skate - unable to work.

A car horn honks and the sound reverberates inside the garage.

Pete looks up - from under the car he sees the wheels of a

Cadillac roll up just outside the open garage doors. He sees

a car door open and Mr. Eddy's feet appear and walk in his

direction.

Pete winces and wheels himself out from under the car. He

stands as Mr. Eddy walks up to him, then freezes as he sees -

back behind Mr. Eddy, sitting in the passenger seat of the

car - a beautiful blonde-haired GIRL, who looks exactly like

Renee.

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